Rifleman Archive
Thread: Why have you forsaken us? All Read, not a whine, logical discussion.
Im a Master weaponsmith on Starsider. Im also working my way through rifleman.. that is if things change. Hers what I take issue with...
2.5x melee penalty or whatever it is.. Bull. Think of "real life". Would you rather Melee some one with a rifle or pistol? A rifle can be used as a melee weapon, ask any WW2 vet, or vietnam vet. The rifle could be used as an effective blocking tool or attacking tool much beter than a pistol. The range penalty is fine for the game, but drop the melee penalty.
The T21.. Not that we would know over on starsider, since we STILL dont have one (Only weapon I cant make) but why is the T21 such a whipping boy for you devs? You have given us penalties and hardhips across the board, whats so wrong with ONE good weapon for us to use? Its a huge rifle for christ sake, its supposed to do serious damage.
Well from wat i know...T21 Now tottaly sux. The difference if im not wrong is Heavy armour Piercing. ermz....i think 3/4 of the players in swg dont use armour...so why have heavy armour piercing -_-. I mean the laser rifle actually does higher damage than the t21 unless u find those pre nerf t21 which would cost a bomb if someone were to sell it.
Ps. Buy more flamethrowers before they nerf it
For every level "above" the armor rating of your target, your attacks get an obscene bonus to the total damage. But currently, if your target is wearing NO armor, the AP doesn't calculate, so it's as if your weapon had an AP of 0 instead of 3.
This has always been this way.
Since Beta.
Of course, it was hard to tell since it was only recently that the weapons started displaying their AP as a prominent stat in the details screen. But if the AP was fixed, you would seem some serious PvP improvement. Many people don't wear armor right now because of the armor bug (especially healers, who are mathematically speaking the whipping boys/girls of a trained Rifleman).
If AP3 is going to be our huge advantage (and it is, try taking on an AT-ST sometime) we need it to work on the one enemy that owns us above all other enemies.
Other players.